TAM 212: Dynamics

Week Day Date Lecture Discussion Assignments Quiz
1 M Aug 22 Lecture 1

Discussion Policy (updated)

Welcome Icebreaker

Python Tutorial with Sympy and Vectors

    
T Aug 23      
W Aug 24 Lecture 2    
R Aug 25      
F Aug 26 Lecture 3    
S Aug 27        
U Aug 28    
2 M Aug 29 Lecture 4

Worksheet 1
Great Circle Navigation

    
T Aug 30      
W Aug 31 Lecture 5    
R Sep 01      
F Sep 02 Lecture 6    
S Sep 03        
U Sep 04    
3 M Sep 05

Labor Day

(No Lecture)

Worksheet 2
Orbit of the Moon

 HW 1A: Coordinates and Vectors  
T Sep 06      
W Sep 07 Lecture 7    
R Sep 08      
F Sep 09 Lecture 8    
S Sep 10        
U Sep 11    
4 M Sep 12 Lecture 9

Worksheet 3
Track Design

 HW 1B: Coordinates and Vectors  
T Sep 13     Quiz 1
W Sep 14 Lecture 10  
R Sep 15    
F Sep 16 Lecture 11    
S Sep 17        
U Sep 18    
5 M Sep 19 Lecture 12

Worksheet 4
Roller Coaster Loops

 HW 2A: Vector Calculus and Rotations  
T Sep 20    

Quiz 1

Retake
W Sep 21 Lecture 13  
R Sep 22    
F Sep 23 Lecture 14    
S Sep 24        
U Sep 25    
6 M Sep 26

(No lecture)

Worksheet 5
Air Resistance (Numerical Integration)

 HW 2B: Vector Calculus and Rotations  
T Sep 27     Quiz 2
W Sep 28 Lecture 15  
R Sep 29    
F Sep 30 Lecture 16    
S Oct 01        
U Oct 02    
7 M Oct 03 Lecture 17

Worksheet 6
Car Backflip

 HW 3A: Tangential Normal and Particles  
T Oct 04    

Quiz 2

Retake
W Oct 05 Lecture 18  
R Oct 06    
F Oct 07 Lecture 19    
S Oct 08        
U Oct 09    
8 M Oct 10 Lecture 20

(TBD)

 HW 3B: Tangential Normal and Particles  
T Oct 11     Quiz 3
W Oct 12 Lecture 21  
R Oct 13    
F Oct 14

Lecture 22

    
S Oct 15        
U Oct 16    
9 M Oct 17 (No Lecture)

Worksheet 8
Bike Gears

 HW 4A: Rigid Body Kinematics  
T Oct 18    

Quiz 3

Retake
W Oct 19

Lecture 23

(Recording)

  
R Oct 20    
F Oct 21 Lecture 24    
S Oct 22        
U Oct 23    
10 M Oct 24 Lecture 25 Worksheet 9
Cornering and Banked Turns		 HW 4B: Rigid Body Kinematics  
T Oct 25     Quiz 4
W Oct 26 Lecture 26  
R Oct 27    
F Oct 28 Lecture 27    
S Oct 29        
U Oct 30    
11 M Oct 31 Lecture 28

Worksheet 10
Braking and Acceleration

 HW 5A  
T Nov 01    

Quiz 4

Retake
W Nov 02 (No lecture)  
R Nov 03    
F Nov 04 Lecture 29    
S Nov 05        
U Nov 06    
12 M Nov 07 Lecture 30

Worksheet 7
Car Steering

 HW 5B  
T Nov 08     Quiz 5
W Nov 09 Lecture 31  
R Nov 10    
F Nov 11 Lecture 32    
S Nov 12        
U Nov 13    
13 M Nov 14 Lecture 33

(No Discussion)

 HW 6A  
T Nov 15  

 

Quiz 5

Retake
W Nov 16 Lecture 34  
R Nov 17    
F Nov 18 (No Lecture)    
S Nov 19        
U Nov 20    
14 M Nov 21 Thanksgiving

 

    
T Nov 22

 

  
W Nov 23  
R Nov 24  
F Nov 25    
S Nov 26        
U Nov 27     
15 M Nov 28 Lecture 35

Worksheet 11
Centripetal Acceleration and Weight

 HW 6B  
T Nov 29  

 

 Quiz 6
W Nov 30 Lecture 36

 
R Dec 01  

 
F Dec 02 Lecture 37  
S Dec 03        
U Dec 04    
16 M Dec 05 Lecture 38

(No Discussion)

 HW 7  
T Dec 06    

Quiz 6

Retake
W Dec 07 Lecture 39  
R Dec 08 Reading day

Last Day to Dispute Grades

Last Day of Office Hours

    
F Dec 09 Final Exam  

 

FINAL EXAM

 

  
S Dec 10    
U Dec 11  
17 M Dec 12    
T Dec 13    
W Dec 14    
R Dec 15    
F Dec 16    
S Dec 17        
U Dec 18